Well, this is my third stories that I ever wrote, and probably the last I'll ever published… regardless, being the only game I loved in XBOX, I don't have a copy it unfortunately because I loved PS2 so much (ok, don't flame me -.-;;;) but I do play this game a lot with 3 of my friends: einhander, fantasywave, and MX… I myself uses the name Laguna which completely contradicts the nature of the character (Laguna from FF VIII uses machine gun – SMG, battle riffle and such – but the real me loves sniper rifle more than anything)

Disclaimer: I don't own any share of Microsoft, which means I'm not stealing intellectual properties by using this piece of software for non-commercial use.


Onto the story

Halo Personas:

Fantasywave: the quiet leader with uncanny ability with any weapon…

Einhander: the master of scorpions, with well-rounded ability using every single weapon available in the game. The weakest link of the four, but he's able to turn the tide of the battle

MX: second in command, exceptional combat ability, and proficient with any given weapon, but best with close combat weapons

Laguna: the sniper of the four, with god-given ability any long range weapon and any type of grenades, but is quite weak at close combat. Give him a shotgun, and he's the best close combatant.

Shiftbreaker: the enforcer of the group, fantasywave's sister, exceptional ability with the rocket launcher, and sniper rifles.

Power of Five?

It's Friday, and it's a beautiful day in Toronto, and school was let out early. Einhander has this great idea of going to fantasywave's house to play games, and we did just that. Of course this isn't a walk in the park for me… having skipping badminton practices for the 2nd week in a row. So I feigned sickness and reported to my badminton coach, well, long story made short, I finally joined MX, einhander, and fantasywave on their little league of Halo. Fortunately for all of us, since MX brought his XBOX, we have the luxury of playing Halo 2 in 4 players campaign. So we did just that.

Somewhere along the way, shift walks in and asked if she can join or not, but being the ass we are, we told her to come back in a few minutes, and we resumed our game. As it approach 5 PM, the weather has gone from good to worse, and shift walks in to fantasywave's room as the thunder claps outside of the room. She demanded so that she can play on the spot, but before we had the chance to argue, the lights went out.

"What the hell happened?" MX yelped.

"Uhh... what does it look like?" I blurted out

It was pitch dark at the time of the conversation, but we can see glimpses of each other. It was very quiet, so I decided to break off the silence…

"Guys… maybe we should get a flash light or something." I proposed

No response… no sign of breathing. I tried to reach out for everyone… still nothing, then I heard another clap of thunder, but instead of the usual bright light, I see nothing but darkness. This is when I started to freak out. I quickly stood up and ran to my left, in hope of crashing to the wall, but I met nothing.

Suddenly, I hear another clap of thunder, and I plunged into something… and fell into the depth of the abyss.

As I regained my consciousness, I spotted a small dark spot on the ceiling, and quickly concluded that it was a dream, but the fact that I remember clearly of what had happened that day almost made me think that I was insane… of course, that was until I returned into sitting position, and stretched my arm. There I saw four people that look vaguely familiar. I jumped off the bed, and it connected with a loud thump. I quickly looked down to find that I'm in a solid, metallic ground…

Instinctively, I looked around the room to find that there's nothing more than five beds, five people inside including me, and a small desk. Usually, this is the time I started panicking, but I haven't done so ever since I woke up, which is usually not a good sign because the only time I won't panic is when something dangerous was about to happen.

I decided to check the other four, and I recognized them as fantasywave, MX, einhander, and Shiftbreaker. But I don't understand what had happened since then. I mean, how often do you find yourself sleeping in on someone's house without first calling your parents?

Swiftly, I kicked the side of their bed, effectively waking fantasywave and MX, but did little to einhander. All I received from him was the usual "five more minutes mom" routine. So I decided to try to wake shift up…

I was about to wake her up until I realized that it's inappropriate for me to wake her up, so I dragged fantasywave to wake his sister up, and he did the next most rational thing a brother would ever done to his sister… turns the light on, and roll the sibling down the bed.

I stared at him in disbelief, and he gave me the "what? It's too obvious"-look. I laughed heartily, waking einhander, and shift up. This… is where the conversation started to get serious.

"Anyone know where we are?" I said

"Nope, but I have an even better question… what the hell happened?" respond wave

I spotted einhander rubbing his arm against his face, before slapping it several times to try to wake himself up. It was entertaining to see how childish people can be when they are not fully up. But it was more intriguing to see shift slid under the bed and returned to her beauty sleep until fantasywave dragged her by her feet and tickled her. She quickly got up, and was greeted by the side of the bed, effectively knocking her back to her beauty sleep.

We all laughed until we heard a loud knocking on the door. Wave calmly approached the door and told us to quiet down.

"Who is it?" he said

"Master Chief, Cortana said to ready yourself for combat. ETA for covenant dropships is 15 minutes"

MX stood there in disbelief, einhander is now standing and staring on the empty wall, while fantasywave stood still for the next full twelve seconds while I tried waking shift up by electrocuting her with the base of the lamp. She greeted me with a crab pincer on my arm… before screaming out

"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY-" she paused to look around before continuing, "where are we?" with a puzzled expression

Before I had the chance to ask my own questions, the wall behind me collapsed, revealing five MJOLNIR armour that's worn by Master Chief on Halo. But this one was real-sized. Shortly thereafter, another wall collapsed, revealing a horde of arsenal class weapons used in Halo 2. I stared at it in disbelief before continuing.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking"

I saw four head nodding at me as I approach the leftmost MJOLNIR armour. I ran my finger on the armour until the four of them joined me. A smile formed on my face when I felt the cold feeling of the armour. I muttered "Now we're playing Halo" as I put the armour on.


This is the second story I've actually published, the first one was removed due to the number of harsh reviews. Keep in mind that english is not my first, nor second language. So grammatical errors and run on sentences and me are kind of inseparable, regardless, feedbacks are always welcomed... and please keep the flamming to minimum o.oa